Chapter 905: Ginseng Fruit: Bitter Bamboo Obtained

A moment later.

Qingfeng and Mingyue entered, each carrying a sandalwood tray; one tray held a tree branch and five Ginseng Fruits, while the other held only five Ginseng Fruits.

"Master, please!"

Qingfeng stepped forward and placed the wooden tray on the tea table beside Yin Qi.

He bowed and then withdrew.

Zhenyuanzi picked up a Ginseng Fruit and said with a chuckle, "Fellow Daoist, please. In my Wuzhuang Temple, the Ginseng Fruit is the only thing worth offering; the taste is quite good, and it is very thirst-quenching."

The Ginseng Fruit is also known as the Grass Returning Pill.

It blossoms every three thousand years, bears fruit every three thousand years, and takes another three thousand years to ripen, yielding only three or four fruits.

In terms of rarity, it is far beyond the Flat Peach.

As for this Ginseng Fruit, a mortal only needs to smell it to live for three hundred and sixty years.

If a cultivator consumes it, they can directly attain the Mysterious Immortal realm, and that without any side effects.

However, just as Zhenyuanzi said, with their Quasi-Saint cultivation, this Ginseng Fruit is merely for quenching thirst, eaten like ordinary fruit.

"Good."

Yin Qi nodded, feeling slightly excited inside.

Ginseng Fruit.

Obtained!

He first put away the branch of the Ginseng Fruit Tree, then picked up a Ginseng Fruit.

The appearance of this Ginseng Fruit was like that of a child under three years old.

It had all four limbs and complete facial features.

If one did not know it was a Ginseng Fruit, one would truly mistake it for an infant shrunk by magic.

Crack!

Yin Qi took a bite; it was crisp and delicious, with rich juices and an intoxicatingly sweet flavor.

Compared to the six-thousand-year Flat Peach, the taste was even better.

As for the nine-thousand-year Flat Peach, it had not yet ripened, so he did not know how it tasted.

Half a month later.

Yin Qi bid farewell and left.

Had he not stated he had other important matters, Zhenyuanzi would have wanted to keep him to discuss the Dao.

In fact, they had been discussing the Dao for the past half month.

Zhenyuanzi's profound mastery of the Dao naturally benefited Yin Qi greatly.

But Yin Qi's extensive knowledge also secretly shocked Zhenyuanzi.

He felt that the other party often made astonishing remarks, sparking thoughts he had never considered before.

Facing such a "good teacher and helpful friend," Zhenyuanzi naturally hated to see Yin Qi leave.

However, since Yin Qi said he had important matters to attend to, he could only send him off and urge Yin Qi to visit again when he had time.

Inner Heaven and Earth.

Medicine Garden.

Not far from the Bodhi Tree, Yin Qi planted the Ginseng Fruit Tree branch.

Then, at a speed visible to the naked eye, the Ginseng Fruit Tree branch grew rapidly; before long, it had grown over three zhang tall, with lush foliage and thirty tender yellow flower buds hidden among the leaves.

"Good."

Yin Qi was delighted.

With the two-thousand-fold time flow of this Time Array, it would be fully mature in just over four years.

He flipped his palm, and two Ginseng Fruits appeared.

Of the five Ginseng Fruits, he had eaten three.

"Altar, refine Eight-Turn Golden Pill."

Yin Qi communicated with the Luck Altar.

He had kept two Ginseng Fruits specifically to see if an Eight-Turn Golden Pill could be refined.

"Insufficient materials!"

Yin Qi frowned slightly.

It seems he must continue to collect Innate Spiritual Roots.

Lingshan.

Zhunti Good Corpse observed Yin Qi while secretly performing a Calculation. Soon, the "entire life" of Yin Qi appeared in his mind: attained the Dao from a piece of Creation Divine Jade, missed the sermons at Zixiao Palace, cultivated in seclusion, and attained the Quasi-Saint realm a hundred years ago.

Zhunti did not know that the results he calculated were all fabricated by Yin Qi.

He sighed in admiration.

Among the three thousand fellow Daoists who listened to the sermons at Zixiao Palace back then, few had attained the Quasi-Saint realm.

This Yin Emperor was truly a peerless genius, able to attain the Quasi-Saint realm even without listening to the Dao Ancestor Hongjun's sermons.

If he could join my Fo sect...

Instinctively, Zhunti Good Corpse began to think about how to win the other party over.

Yin Qi bowed and said, "I have met the Saint Zhunti. I have come here to request a branch of the Bitter Bamboo; of course, I am willing to pay a high price to exchange for it, and I hope the Saint will grant this."

The Zhunti Good Corpse neither refused nor agreed.

He said with a chuckle: "The Bitter Bamboo is one of the Ten Great Innate Spiritual Roots. It can be used for Artifact Refining to achieve an Innate Spiritual Treasure; it can also be used for Alchemy, and even if one carries a small segment on their person, a Golden Immortal need not worry about the danger of Qi deviation; it is worth a fortune."

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There is no absolute boundary between Innate Spiritual Treasures and Innate Spiritual Roots.

For example, the Twelve-Grade Merit Golden Lotus is both a Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure and an Innate Spiritual Root.

Every ten thousand years, it can produce nine golden lotus seeds.

After these golden lotus seeds are cultivated, they can grow into Merit Golden Lotuses, though their grade is not high, and they belong to the acquired category.

Like the Six Paths Cleansing Bamboo of Zhunti, it was refined from Bitter Bamboo.

However, after millions of years of careful cultivation, the Bitter Bamboo grew again.

Yin Qi smiled lightly, and a Seven-Turn Golden Pill appeared in his hand.

It was golden and glistening, sealed within a crystal.

He said: "Saint, is this Seven-Turn Golden Pill enough?"

Although the Bitter Bamboo is precious, Yin Qi was only asking for a section of bamboo branch, not a bamboo node, so it would not cause much harm to the Bitter Bamboo.

"You actually have a Seven-Turn Golden Pill."

The Zhunti Good Corpse was somewhat surprised.

This Pill is the signature of Laozi; he had only obtained two in the past.

Yin Qi smiled slightly: "Obtained by chance."

The Zhunti Good Corpse had some wild thoughts; could the other party be someone from Laozi, or Yuanshi and Tongtian?

But that shouldn't be.

If it were someone from the Three Pure Ones, and they could cultivate to the Quasi-Saint level, they would definitely be a head disciple of the Three Pure Ones and would have long been famous throughout Honghuang.

If it were in the past, he might not have agreed.

But the current situation is chaotic; having one more Golden Immortal means one more bit of strength, not to mention it is a Seven-Turn Golden Pill, which can cultivate a Golden Immortal without flaws; this is extremely precious.

"Good!"

The Zhunti Good Corpse did not hesitate and nodded directly in agreement, then added: "What does fellow Daoist think of my Buddhism?"

Yin Qi understood Zhunti's intention; he complained inwardly, but on the surface, he said solemnly: "With two Saints present, Buddhism will surely become the number one sect in Honghuang in the future. It is just a pity that this poor Daoist is not proficient in Buddhist teachings."

The Zhunti Good Corpse knew that Yin Qi was politely refusing.

However, he was not discouraged; he was just trying his luck anyway.

……

Very quickly.

Yin Qi completed the transaction with Zhunti and then left directly.

……

Inner Heaven and Earth.

In the Medicine Garden, Yin Qi planted the Bitter Bamboo branch, and it soon grew into a golden bamboo about a meter tall, with even the leaves being golden, and Dao patterns interwoven upon them.

"Flat Peach, Bodhi Tree, Merit Golden Lotus, Fusang Tree, Laurel Tree, Bitter Bamboo, Ginseng Fruit, Enlightenment Tea Tree, plus the Purple Grape, Golden Date, and Tree of Life obtained from the Human Emperor Bell's Middle Thousand World, I now possess eleven types of Innate Spiritual Roots."

Eleven types of Innate Spiritual Roots; even the various Saints are far inferior.

"Right, Xuanxuan once said that besides the Flat Peach tree, the Heavenly Court also possesses two types of Innate Spiritual Roots."

Yin Qi suddenly remembered.

Through Longji Gongzhu, perhaps he could obtain the seeds or branches of these two Innate Spiritual Roots.

It is a pity that the legendary Huangzhong Plum is nowhere to be found.

Legend has it that the Huangzhong Plum blooms in one One Yuan, bears fruit in one One Yuan, and ripens in one One Yuan, and one One Yuan is 129,600 years, which means the Huangzhong Plum takes nearly 400,000 years to ripen once.

Moreover, each time it ripens, it only bears nine fruits, and eating one can allow one to achieve the status of a Great Luo Golden Immortal.

Among the Ten Great Innate Spiritual Roots, the Huangzhong Plum ranks first. (End of this chapter)